The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA

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The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA

The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA, August 17, 2008

Cover Story

Biz Buzz

HARBOR HEIGHTS RETAIL SPACE UP FOR SALE It's been months since Robinson Development Group Inc. completed the 15-story, $38 million condominium and office building called Harbor Heights in downtown Norfolk.

Medicine

NORFOLK A child walks down country lanes and across fields, collecting jewels and stars. He's on his way to a castle where a dragon holds a kidnapped princess.

Transportation

SUFFOLK At the Virginia Modeling Analysis and Simulation Center in Suffolk, Mike Robinson is trying to figure out whether the commonwealth's hurricane evacuation plan - first developed in 1993 - would still work today.

Think of Tax Credit As 15-Year Loan, and Rethink Whether You Need It

Lots of folks have been asking me whether the much-touted first- time homebuyer tax credit is worth taking. "Being that it's a loan, it obviously isn't going to be economical for everyone," wrote Liz Kiser of Oklahoma.

If Rates Go Up, Push Back. Many Issuers Will Back Down.

By Phuong Cat Le Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Making Inroads

By Jacob Geiger The Virginian-Pilot

Tuition Is Bad Enough. Now Comes the Allowance.

By Karen Blumenthal The Wall Street Journal

Coming to Terms with a Financial Statement

Q. When a stock is reported as being up or down some amount, from what price is it up or down? -K.M., Huntsville, Ala.

Retirement Plans Seeing Better Times, Study Says

By Kara McGuire Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

Events

monday Inside Business Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards Luncheon, networking session, speaker and awards presentation. 11:30 a.m. Founders Inn and Spa, 5641 Indian River Road, Virginia Beach. $35.

Local Scene

academia ODU: The following have been appointed to the board of the Old Dominion University Economics Club of Hampton Roads: Deborah Butler of Norfolk Southern Corp., Anthony DiFilippo of the Norfolk Convention & Visitors Bureau, retired Maj. Gen. John Gallinetti of the Marine Corps, and Ed Greene of Don Richard Associates.